slack ma girdle
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Everything posted by slack ma girdle
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Is that one or two ?
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I have noticed a five or six around here, but only dismantled one so far. I have put it down to the after effect of the cold winter last year.
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:):) Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
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Bah tis only a tiddler, quit yer bleating:D Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
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Look what my splitter found to night. Glad my chainsaw did not. I was not so lucky on the next one. It split with a ping and showered me with red ants Ow ow ow. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
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Oh yes we are. More tea vicker:) Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
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Ere you go, guess away
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All you need to complete that is the Hovis boy walking up the cobbled lane.
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Any ideas where be to i can get new friction plates for the winch with no name ?
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Jays fluid, like marmite you either love the smell or hate it. Just don't knock over half a can of concentrate in the back of your landrover
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Advice on an old Apple Tree
slack ma girdle replied to alanhely's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
The tree appears to have 4 horizontal branches that the vertical water shots are growing from. Starting from next year, remove one vertical water shoot from each of the four horizontal branches. Repeat this process every year for the next four years. This approch will reduce the amount water shoot re-growth. During this you also need to start encouraging more horizontal growth that will produce the fruiting spurs. For a tree of that size you will probably need 4-6 per branch. Once you have the desired number you want prune 2 of the horizontal branches every year cutting out everything that not on the 4-6 fruiting branches. Finally every fifth year do nothing to allow the tree some much needed respite. In about ten years you should start to get reasonable amounts of fruit. In addition to this for the first ten years i would in june time pick off about 1/2 of the apples that are on the tree, again so the tree does not over excert itself. Clear as mud -
Blossom wilt is very common. The most effective method of dealing with it that i have found is cut out all of the infected wood in mid to end of June. You also have to insure that all dropped leaves and blossom are removed, and again in the autumn.
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Did the cherry tree flower this year ? Did the blossoms wilt early and are they still attached. I am looking at this on my phone and i can not really tell. If so then then the cherries have blossom wilt. I think that cherries can not catch fireblight, so that rules that out. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
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When you get the rhythm, that little bit of bounce really helps with footlocking. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
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That is not something you want to meet coming home from the pub, have had a few Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
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new small scale forestry company
slack ma girdle replied to bunnybasher100's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
It has taken me four years to build up from scratch: 1x Nuffield of power. 1x winch with no name. 1x log splitter. 1x saw bench. These have been bought second hand and all have needed work. Currently as things stand i am desperate for a 4x4 tractor, but running the above seem to drain any savings that i manage to aquire. This year i am hoping that i will see a bigger return on firewood as production will be trippled. My point to this how are you going to finance this, your kit list is a huge outlay. Forestry is probably more cut throat than any other industry. Furthermore you will be competing against people with many more experiance. Both of the above will count heavily against you, and if it all goes pear shaped you will have no work and owe a large amount of money. I am not trying to put you off as foresty is very satisfying. Good luck. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk. -
Clarke cut and climb are pretty cheap for all things of a forestry nature. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
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Felling license applications on SSSI's
slack ma girdle replied to Charlieh's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
That is the joy of these thing. Just imagine the paper work if NE were not in favour of the work:D Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk. -
Re spacing of natural re-gen
slack ma girdle replied to slack ma girdle's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Cheers peoples, i can propably get my hands on a 4x4 kabota and 4' fail which should help speed things up. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk. -
Where did you get the American style logger hat, i want one P.S. thats not a bad start.
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I have been asked to quote per hectare for a 9 hectare site: To respace the broadleaves to 2.5m and to clear the bramble from the understorey. I am going to have a look at the site on Friday, but i have not done this kind of work before. Have any of you and want do you think price wise. Any advice helpfull or otherwise will be greatly recieved
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I have seen rooks taking magpie chicks from their nest. Sent from my Galaxy arse using tupping talk.
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By the discription you will get mostly 5'6" out, and you need 75 ish per ton. No matter how hard you work you will lose money. You need a mix of small/large trees so you can bump up the tonage to make it worth while. Think carefully before you commit.
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A few photos of the big day. I managed a respectable fifth, having completly cocked up the bar and chain change. Evans the log gets the prize for the worst nightmare: flooding 2 saws in the cross cut section. Winners: Novice:Steve Jones Under 24: Alun morgan Pro: Dewi Williams Big thankyou to the judges who did a very good job.
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No one else has said it, so i am going for lightning.
